Came on this rifle in the worlds longest yard sale in Tennessee. Looks great on the outside, barrel is rough. Pointed that out to the owner and talked him down to $90. It came with a box of old conical lead bullets and some other accessories.
I have been working on the barrel for an hour or so with JB and Kroil, got surface rust off pretty quick and now getting some very black patches now.
When the inside of the barrel is dry it is a light gray color inside with very little rifling showing. I gently put a stainless blade point a little ways down the barrel and lightly scraped. It shows a copper color underneath. Lead over copper fouling?
If this barrel is trash I don't really want to spend a really long time on it, got a lot of other projects.
If I can get minute of deer accuracy at 50 yards or so I would like to keep it. What do you guys think?
I have been working on the barrel for an hour or so with JB and Kroil, got surface rust off pretty quick and now getting some very black patches now.
When the inside of the barrel is dry it is a light gray color inside with very little rifling showing. I gently put a stainless blade point a little ways down the barrel and lightly scraped. It shows a copper color underneath. Lead over copper fouling?
If this barrel is trash I don't really want to spend a really long time on it, got a lot of other projects.
If I can get minute of deer accuracy at 50 yards or so I would like to keep it. What do you guys think?